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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Saturday, February 28, 2015
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KEVON FELMINE
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After
escaping
imprisonment for fail-
ing to pay $35,000 in
maintenance for a child
that was not his own,
La Brea father Marlon
Thompson says it is a
bittersweet feeling as he
still loves the child as
his own.
On Tuesday, Thomp-
son, 35, of La Brea, won
a case against his former
girlfriend at the Hall of
Justice after failing to
pay $150 per week for
the 14-year-old boy,
which was ordered by a
Point Fortin magistrate
in 2008.
Lawyer for the Single
Fathers Association
Alexia Romero filed an
application in the High
Court after a paternity
test revealed that the
boy was not Thomp-
son s, following which
Justice Sandra Paul can-
celled a warrant and the
maintenance order.
In an interview at his
La Brea home on Thurs-
day, Thompson said the
bond and affection for
the child was still there
and he would continue
to be his father.
"That is my son, they
cannot take that away
from me. He changed
my life when he was
born, he is my child still.
I will always see him and
take care of him no mat-
ter what they say or
what they do. He is
already big and under-
stands now that he has
to live that life.
"All now I am still
depressed because at the
end of the day, he does
not know who is his
father. I do not know
who is his father and I
don t know if she
(mother) will ever tell
him who is his father.
The impression that she
gave the child is that I
am the bad one and that
I am saying that I am
not his father, but I sat
down with him with the
document and I let him
read it.
"He didn t quite
understand it at first so
my sister, his sister and
my wife had to explain
to him. Now that the
case is finished, I feel
good in one way but in
another way, things will
Police are investigating the mur-
der of an ex-convict who was
gunned down along the old Mara-
bella train line on Wednesday after-
noon.
According to reports, Roumald
"Tucky" Dillion, 44, of Bayshore
Avenue, was at a basketball court
near his home when he was
approached by a gunman who shot
him several times and ran off.
His brother Kai "Trap Jaw" Joseph
told police that he last saw his broth-
er on the roadside around 2.30 pm
that day. Around 4.30 pm, a neigh-
bour came to his home and told him
his brother had been shot. When
Joseph went to the ground near
Phillip s Pie Shop, he saw Dillion
lying face down, bleeding from a
wound on his back.
He put Dillion in a vehicle and
took him to the San Fernando Gen-
eral Hospital where the injured man
died while receiving emergency treat-
ment.
Police said Dillion was known to
them because of several narcotic,
robbery and firearm related offences.
(KF)
A 19-year-old pregnant woman
who was shot in both legs during
a robbery at her Penal home on
Wednesday has been discharged
from hospital.
Police said that around 7.15 am,
housewife Amanda Mahatoo, who
is eight months pregnant, was at
her Zion Hill home off Sunrees Road
when she went to get $40,000 from
her bedroom.
She was going to give the money
to her mother-in-law to deposit in
a bank that day.
Upon Mahatoo s return from her
bedroom on the upper floor of the
house, a black Nissan Almera pulled
into the driveway and a gunman exit-
ed.Aiming a gun at her, he snatched
the envelope with the money and
dragged her into the house, where-
upon he demanded more money.
When she refused, the gunman
fired a shot which struck her on both
legs before he ran out of the house
into the waiting car.
Penal detectives Sgt Ramsingh,
Cpl Marsh and PC Samlal responded
along with an ambulance in which
Mahatoo was taken to the Siparia
District Health Facility. There she
was treated and later transferred to
the San Fernando General Hospital.
Police said the family owned sev-
eral fishing boats in Moruga and they
believed the gunmen knew there was
money at the house.
Several road blocks were set up
and patrols increased, but no one
was held in connection with the
crime. (KF)
'I still love my son'
After paternity test frees La Brea man
not be the same. I
always knew my son to
be my blood, but then I
got a lash from reality."
Thompson said this
has affected the child as
he has begun to perform
poorly at school.
Explaining how he
ended up before the
court, he said after pay-
ing the child mainte-
nance for a few years,
he and the boy s mother
agreed to taking joint
custody of the boy.
Because he was taking
care of the child, he
thought he could have
discontinued the pay-
ment.
It was in 2012 when
he was to marry his wife
Alicia that he learned of
an arrest warrant and
surrendered himself to
police.
He said after the mat-
ter began at the Point
Fortin Magistrates
Court, his lawyer
advised him to take a
paternity test and to his
surprise he discovered
he was not the boy s
father. He said the
child s mother failed to
appear in court on sev-
eral occasions and his
lawyer had the matter
moved to the Family
Court in Port-of-Spain.
The court then
ordered another pater-
nity test to be done in
the presence of the
mother and this con-
firmed the initial result.
Ex-convict shot dead
Pregnant woman shot in $40,000 robbery
Marlon Thompson
at his La Brea home on
Thursday. PHOTO:
KRISTIAN DE SILVA
MORE INFO
Paternity fraud rampant
In a media release, president of the Single
Fathers Association, Rhondall Feeles, described
the ruling as a victory for the organisation.
He said if Thompson had not stood his ground
and sought help from the association, he could
have been in jail for maintenance and would
carry the weight of being labelled a dead-beat
dad.
"I would hope that people of T&T now
question how many men have been sent to jail
for maintenance and served time without even
knowing if they really fathered the child.
"Paternity fraud is becoming rampant
throughout the world and we in Trinidad must
step forward and protect the freedom of men
that may face the fate that Mr Thompson may
have," Feeles said.